Vicksburg to Baton Rouge: Introduction

363 Natchez Bridge The Natchez Bluffs make several final expressions as you push on downstream, one being the bridge bluff itself, with a second prominence following. US 84 and US 98 cross the Mississippi River over the Natchez Bridge. A Victorian House and Natchez B&B straddle the second prominence, looking like they might fall down the steep kudzu-covered cliffs. The building situated most closely to the precipice of the bluff is the BriarVue, constructed in the early 1980’s. It serves as a bar and restaurant with a spectacular view of the river and the low lying grounds of Louisiana. You can paddle into the base of either of them for close-up inspection of loess geology here, but save your time for the best bluffs are yet to come, at the Tunica Hills (best seen below Clark Creek, and below Tunica Bayou).